Sign-hanger



(No Model.)

J. M. VANDERSLIOE & R. M OLAREN,

SIGN HANGER.

No. 580,912. Patented Amp-20,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH M. VANDERSLICE AND RICHARD MCLAREN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SIGN-HANGER.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 580,912, dated April 20, 1897. Application filed April 20, 1896. Serial No. 588,333. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J OSEPH M. VANDER- sLIoE and RICHARD McLAREN, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sign-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a new and useful improvement in hangers for signs and the like, and has for its object to provide a device of this description by means of which a sign may be attached to or detached from a stationary object; and our invention is especially adapted for use in connection with the supporting of signs upon street-cars, and when so used greatly facilitates the attachment or detachment of such signs to said cars and render them more rigid than has heretofore been the case.

With these ends in View our invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, we will describe-its construction and operation in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in which- Figure l is a perspective of one end of a car, showing a sign attached thereto by the use of our improved hanger; Fig. 2, a detailed perspective of the two members of the hanger; Fig. 3, a slightly-modified form of the stationary member of the hanger, and Fig. 4 a further modification thereof.

In carrying out our invention we provide a stationary hanger A, which is formed by casting or otherwise, so as to provide a foot B, bracket 0, and lugs D, the latter being right-angled and having their outer portions projecting upward and parallel with each other, with a space E therebetween for the purpose hereinafter set forth. Through the foot are formed a number of holes F, preferably countersunk, for the reception of suitable screws, whereby this hanger may be attached to the desired portion of the car. The detachable hanger Gr consists of a foot H, shank I, and head J, said shank and head taken together being T-shaped, the shank being adapted to pass within the space E between the lugs D and the head J between the upper ends of the lugs and the foot, and when these parts are so passed the head may be drawn down so as to rest upon the horizontal portion of said lugs within the space formed by said lug and the hanger C.

From this description it will be seen that when the stationary hanger is attached to a suitable object and the hanger G to a sign said sign may be supportedby attaching the hanger Gto the hangerA, as before described. Formed through the foot H are countersunk holes K for the passage of screws to secure said foot to the sign.

One of the advantages gained by the use of our improved hanger is that the sign supported thereby will be held rigid against any swinging movement either vertically or laterally, thus presenting the inscription upon the sign, to view in the most favorable position in order that it maybe easily read. This will be obvious when it is noted that the head J is rectangular in cross-section and the space between the lugs D and bracket 0 of a corresponding shape, thus firmly holding said head against turning or tipping.

In the use of signs for street-railways it is necessary to attach and detach such signs frequently, either for the purpose of substituting others therefor or a reversing of the inscriptions upon either side thereof, and it will be seen that our invention is especially adapted for facilitating these operations, as to attach a sign by the use of our improvement it is only necessary to pass the head over the upper edges of the lugs and permit it to drop within the space, as before described, when it will be firmly held against accidental displacement, and when the sign is to be removed for any purpose Whatever this is accomplished by a reverse movement of the parts just described, when another sign may be substituted therefor or the one just removed reversed and reattached to the stationary hanger.

While our improvement is especially designed for use in connection in street-railway cars, it it obvious that it may be used for similar purposes in connection with other signs,

and also where a sign is large and heavy twosuch hangers may be used 'upon either end thereof.

The modification shown in Fig. 3 contemplates the extending of the bracket at its lower end, so as to provide a ledge L, through which suitable holes are formed for the passage of screws, and when this is done the foot 13 may be omitted and the screw-holes M formed through the bracket N, and in some cases this form is preferable, in that it facilitates the attachment of the stationary hanger to the object from which the sign is to be suspended.

A further modification(shown in Fig. 4)

having a T-shaped head adapted tofit between said lugs, as and for the purpose described.

2. A sign-hanger composedof a stationary member consisting of a bracket right-angled lugs projecting from said bracket, the outer ends of said lugs extending upward, an extension of said bracket forming a ledge through which screws are adapted to be passed, and a detachable member consisting of a T -shaped hook rectangular in cross-section said hook being adapted to fit between said lugs, as and for the purpose described.

3'. A sign-hanger consisting of a bracket, right-angledlugs projecting from said bracket an extension of said bracket below the lugs adapted to have screws passed therethrough and a member adapted to fit between said lugs, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses S. S. WILLIAMsoN, MARK BUFoRn. 

